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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Orissa Administrative Service, Class-II (Recruitment) Rules, 1959 and the regulations framed thereunder or the Orissa Administrative Service, Class-II (Recruitment) Rules; 1978 and the regulations framed thereunder or in any judgment, decree or order of any court but subject to the provisions of sub-section (2),- (a) the appointment of the merger recruits to the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II and the determination of their seniority in the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II vis-a-vis the officers appointed to the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II by direct recruitment in respect of the recruitment year 1972 in accordance with Government Resolution in the Revenue Department No. 27662-R., dated the 23rd April 1984; (b) the appointment of the officers to the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II in respect of the recruitment years 1970 and 1971 by the methods of promotion and direct recruitment, the determination of the seniority of the said officers in the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II in accordance with Government Resolution in the Revenue Department No. 2208-R (C. S.), dated the 11th November, 1[1976]; and (c) the appointment of the officers to the Orissa Administrative Services, Class-II in respect of the recruitment years 1972, 1976 and 1974 by the method of direct recruitment; shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to have been validly made and determined and shall not be liable to be challenged in any court of law or otherwise be opened to challenge merely on the ground that they were made or determined otherwise than in accordance with the provisions contained in the said rules and regulations. 2[(2) (a) Such number of "merged recruits" as would have been entitled to promotion in the recruitment year 1972 computed on the basis of percentage envisaged under Rule 10 of the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II (Recruitment) Rules, 1959, shall be deemed to be the promotes of the respective years, and the determination of seniority of the merger recruits so deemed to be